Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP leaders in Mbale on Friday tasked their leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, on the face of supporters who are still in detention. Abdullah Magambo, a Councilor representing Northern City Division in Mbale City said that there are over 20 …

The Central Committee calls upon the entire Party, the military, and all Chinese people to rally more closely around the Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core Beijing, China | Xinhua | A high-profile meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has adopted a landmark resolution on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Indigenous minorities test Uganda’s record: Upcoming UN appraisal raises questions on identity and provision of services THE LAST WORD The moral power of whataboutism: Lessons from ordinary people on Kampala streets regarding the …

  MoTIV will use $50,000 prize money to kick-start a creative fund to unlock increased potential in sector and support creatives Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  MoTIV, East Africa’s largest makerspace headquartered in Kampala, Uganda has won the UNESCO–Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the creative economy. Established …

🔴 TODAY 🇺🇬 Uganda 1 Kenya 🇰🇪 1 🇷🇼 Rwanda 0 Mali 🇲🇱 3 ✳ Group E Mali 🇲🇱 13pts Uganda 🇺🇬 9pts Kenya 🇰🇪 3pts Rwanda 🇷🇼 1pt ***** Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Kenya’s Harambee Stars have held Uganda Cranes to a one-all draw in a FIFA Qatar …

Kampala Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chipper Cash has today launched a product that will enable Ugandans  invest in publicly traded global companies like Amazon, Tesla or Facebook. The launch of the Chipper’s Global Stocks Investing product makes it the first company to offer fractional stock investing in Uganda. The African fintech …

⚽ TODAY: 🇺🇬 Uganda vs Kenya 🇰🇪  4PM ⚽ SUNDAY: 🇲🇱 Mali vs Uganda 🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has predicted two tough games as his boys wind their Group E 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup qualifiers with an East African derby against …

Amsterdam, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT |  Investors at the 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS ) held November 3-5 celebrated record-breaking deal-making on the continent surpassing $3 billion invested in 2021 into African startups. AESIS 2021 showed that the number of startups securing funding in Africa outpaces funding for …

Cape Town, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT |  The first day of African Energy Week 2021 Wednesday saw national oil companies (NOCs) engaged in a presentation on optimizing innovative and strategic exploration mechanisms for profitable and sustainable operations on the continent. The panel discussion began with an opening presentation by …

  Godfrey Ssali | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabula County Member of Parliament Enos Asiimwe Kinywamachunda is leading a high-level delegation of Members of Parliament that are representing Uganda at the 51st Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) – Africa Region Conference taking place in Abuja, Nigeria November 8th to 14th November, 2021. Kinywamachunda who doubles …